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She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).

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O. Henry
Age: 47 †
Born: 1862
Born: September 11
Died: 1910
Died: June 5
Journalist
Writer
Greensboro
North Carolina
William Sydney Porter
Olivier Henry
Oliver Henry
Woman
Lint
Strand
Plucked
Proclaim
Strands
Ownership
Invisible
Universal
Lapel

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